Game apparatus



(No Model.)

W. E. WISE.

GAME APPARATUS.

No. 304,286 Patented Aug. 26, 1884.

WITNESSES 0c awyw/ IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W. ELLIS WISE, OF WILLIAMSPORI, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAM E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,286, dated August26, 1884.

Application filed June 24,1884. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM E. WIsE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGames, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of this device. Fig. 2 is a detail inrear elevation, showing the construction of the operative parts. Fig. 3is a vertical central section of Fig. 1.

This invention relates to the class of games, and the peculiarities andnovelties covered by it will be fully understood by reference to thefollowing descriptionand claims.

In the drawings, A denotes a game board or device adapted to be placedon a floor or any level surface. It has an inclined front piece, a,which comes down at the lower end about flush with the floor, andextends upward to the apex of the device. At the rear is a piece, a,inclined in ,the opposite direction, and which is very much narrowerthan the front piece, and extends from the apex down only part way tothe floor. These two pieces are suitably secured to side pieces, (H, orin any other convenient way held permanently in position.

Between the upper endsor edges of the front and rear pieces, a and a, isa narrow slot or open space, I), in which any of the indicators 0 canmove up or down when operated, as will be hereinafter explained. Theseindicators are flat strips or pieces of wood placed verticallyin theguideways d under said space I). To their lower ends are hinged orotherwise suitably attached the levers e, which levers are fulcrumed onthe horizontal rod f, passing from side to side a of the frame. Theouter ends of the levers extend beyond the lower end of the rear piece,a. On the front faces of each of the indicators is placed a numeral )orany suit-able mark or token, so that the series may show a system ofdifferent values.

The mode of using this device is as follows: It is placed on the flooror any suit-able level surface with the front to the player. personrolls a ball, 9, so that it shall go up the inclined front piece, overthe apex, and down the rear piece. When the ball reaches the lower edgeof this piece, it will strike on the end of one of the levers withsufficient force to tilt it, and then drop to the floor. In tilting thelever the indicator attached to it is thrown up and displays the numeralor token on its front face.

The-game is to be played by two or more persons. A tally of thedifferent numerals or tokens is kept by each, and the one having thelargest aggregate at the end of a given number of rolls of the ball isheld to be the winner. This is one method of. using this game; but itcan be used in many other ways not necessary now to enumerate.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A game-board having inclined front and rear pieces, as described, andprovided with movable indicators vertically operating in a space betweensaid front and rear pieces, substantially as set forth.

2. In a gameboard, the combination of the inclined front and rearpieces, a and a, having a space or opening, 1), between their upperends, the vertically-movable indicators 0, and levers e, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WV. ELLIS WISE.

"Witnesses:

THOMAS W. LLOYD, WV. A. OLINEFELTER.

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